Norwegian intelligence chief's resignation because of a slip of the tongue

The Chairperson of the domestic intelligence in Norway Yani Christiansen resigned after her statement confidential information during a session in parliament about the presence of undercover agents to her in Pakistan.She said Justice Minister Gritti Varimo "furthered] domestic spy chief Yani Christiansen resigned to the decision, which applies immediately.""The reason is the potential breach of confidentiality by disclosing confidential information," describing the charges against Christiansen as "very serious".The Christiansen said during a hearing in parliament Wednesday that a Norwegian intelligence agents in Pakistan.Christiansen did not say why the customers there. Norway, but hundreds of soldiers involved in military operations led by NATO in Afghanistan, neighboring Pakistan.According to Norwegian media that Pakistan's foreign Thursday summoned Norwegian ambassador in Islamabad to ask him about the statement Christiansen.And opened a special unit in the Norwegian police immediate investigation to determine whether Christiansen breached its duty of confidentiality.The Christiansen faced sharp criticism after he tried to deny responsibility for the apparatus of the accused that he had failed to prevent the attacks that took place last July, killing 77 people.It is scheduled to take over as head of intelligence of Interior Roger Berg, who was deputy Christiansen.

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The top of Yahoo's online help Arab women to get their rights

A group of activists and Arab Leaders on the importance of the Internet and social networking sites in the Arab women's access to their full rights, especially after he participated actively in the Arab spring revolutions.The journalist Mona Eltahawy in the opening of the summit "Yahoo is written" for women, digital media Wednesday morning that the Arab women's responsibility to double the change in the Arab world because the mission did not stop at the drop of dictatorial regimes, but also to change the minds and habits that limit women's freedom and ability to innovate.It was Ahmed Nassef, Vice President and General Manager at Yahoo! Middle East and Aabilji Okobi director of Summit Yahoo Business and Human Rights has opened the event in Cairo, which brings together more than 35 women and girls of the activists, blogs, and pioneers in the use of the Internet to make positive change in the Arab world in cooperation with the Foundation "Vital Voices ".Said activist Arabia Manal Al-Sharif, who led the cars in defiance of tradition in her country, said that Saudi women were able to demolish a wall of fear under the leadership of their cars and shoot it and broadcast on the Internet, even get on the rights of Hermon so long as citizens, and exposure to imprisonment for a short time has inspired many in her community.Blog of Yemen confirmed the role of Maria Almsne assigned Kerman fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner last year to change the image of women in Yemen to Yemenis themselves and said, "Yemeni families used to boast sons of male and vice versa with regard to female but win entrusted to make the whole country is proud of a woman."For its part, indicated Blog Egyptian Dalia increase the role of the Internet to help Egyptian women to express themselves since the early period before the revolution of January 25, which led to their participation strongly in regime change, but expressed the frustration of dealing Egyptian political parties, whether Muslim or civilian with female candidates and status in a prominent position is as if they were a potential cause for failure.Blog and threw Libyan Dania Bashir light on the role of women in the Libyan revolution to get out of the country demonstrated, then provide medical support and legal clashes with the gun, and confirmed that women are going strongly in the drafting of the new Libyan constitution.Leaders of Arab and used the internet and social networking such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate with each other and encourage women in their communities to take action to defend their rights on the one hand and for the good of their country on the other.To follow the latest developments of Summit Follow us on Twitter
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Adventures Ronaldinho raise women's crisis in Flamengo

Cause the player Ronaldinho in provoking a new crisis within the club Flamengo due towomen's whims, which lasted up to training camps, according to news reports today.

The newspaper (Extra) Brazilian player that spent the night at the camp area of Londrina, accompanied by a woman and coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo caught her in the elevator ofthe hotel.

The Gazette that the coach asked hotel security tapes from surveillance cameras to be used as evidence is overwhelming against the leaders of the club.

The site (Jlobosport) Brazilian sports that this incident caused the differences between theleaders of the club on the actions to be taken with the player.

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The resumption of the Italian ship rescue

Italian rescue boats stationed near the ship (French)

Italian rescue workers resumed on Friday in their search for the missing ship sinking incident affected the Italian "Costa Concordia" amid fears of environmental disaster not seen since the likes of Italy twenty years.
The fire service spokesman Luca Carey has said that rescue workers suspended their search in the Italian ship several hours after budged from its place on Friday, leading to fears of environmental disaster experts have not seen Italy like twenty years ago.
Carey said in announcing the suspension of search operations that rescue teams will be meeting to evaluate the situation and determine the next step, without specifying the amount of shift of the ship.
The rescue teams yesterday caused holes in the ship to allow divers continue to search for the bodies before the weather changed where indicators show the possibility of adverse weather throughout the day.

Environmental disasterExperts fear that Italy is facing the worst environmental disaster in more than twenty years if the leak has 2400 tons of heavy fuel from the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia to contamination of one of the most important marine reserves in the Mediterranean.
After seven days of the coup cruise ship Costa Concordia, with a weight of 114,500 tons, off the Tuscan coast, the wreckage still huge budge on the mass of rock under the water, threatening that flooded more and undermine the plans aimed at emptying the ship of fuel safely.
Said Luigi Karo, chief of emergency in the marine environment of the Italian Agency, a government body, "If the ship Costa Concordia dived over in the water and fuel began leaking into the water, we may need years and tens of millions of euros before we can clean it."
He told Reuters that clean the area, which sank the ship's oil Amoco Milford Haven in 1991, carrying about 144 thousand tons of oil was completed only in 2007, 17 years after the incident and added that the shipwreck Haven is still in the bottom of the sea.
The environment minister said Corrado Clini of the Italian parliament this week that the ship carrying 2380 tons of heavy fuel, diesel and lubricating oil, which is equivalent to load a small oil tanker, but the fuel tanks to the sound now, it seems.
Clini said that even if the fuel leak was contained, may be harmful to animals and plants in the region which is a natural marine reserve have been referred to the net because of its waters and its neighborhoods diverse marine and coral reefs.
And capsized the ship Costa Concordia after slamming into a rock, and is now lying on one side in the water on the pier just twenty meters off the coast of the island of Giglio small, 11 people died in the accident, and did not yet know the fate of 21 others.

Source: Agencies

Demonstrations in Libya to implement Islamic law

Changing demands of the ongoing demonstrations in the cities since the fall of the Libyan Qadhafi

(Al-Jazeera Forum - Archive)

Thousands of people demonstrated in several Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, including the claim that the new Constitution provides for the application of Islamic law and that Islam is the main source of legislation.
They stressed, who went out at the invitation of the Islamic currents - in demonstrations titled "Loyalty to the martyrs and the wounded" - the unity of the territory of Libya and not division.
These demonstrations came authentication such as the Transitional National Assembly on the election law, which faces many objections from civic organizations and the Islamic trend.
For its part, the Muslim Brotherhood denounced what it called the insistence of the Libyan National Transition Council not to make any fundamental change in the draft electoral law, although the proposals and observations made by the national forces and the political.
The group demanded in a statement, a copy of the Interim Council not to monopolize the decision making process as a "danger" to the political process.
And appealed to the Council amend the election law to be relative to the existing system as it ensures a greater opportunity to reach women and competencies, and urged him to expedite the issuance of a law to regulate political life as the basis for the modern civil state in the words of the statement.
In parallel, said a Western diplomat involved in discussions with the Electoral Commission that Libya Libyan proposal to cancel the allocation of ten percent of the seats in the new National Assembly for women.
It is expected to elect a new Assembly, which will include 200 members in June to draft a constitution after the overthrow of Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, late last year.



Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies

Washington looking to the President of Yemen for refuge

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American officials said that the administration of President Barack Obama is making intensive efforts currently underway with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to find a place to turn to so that the Yemen-weary unrest progress towards the transition to democracy, and would prefer not to have this place, the United States.
Adviser to the President and lead the U.S. to combat terrorism, John Brennan, the diplomatic efforts that appear to be made a lot this week when he asked the favor of the U.S. ambassador to Yemen Gerald Firestein is to discuss with him where you could go to him.
He said U.S. officials told Associated Press that the meeting between Saleh and Firestein was shortly after a statement from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the lack of commitment in favor of his pledge to leave Yemen to allow for elections to end his reign, which lasted more than three decades.

President of the "elusive"The Associated Press that Saleh has no many options, which restricts as Washington tries to find a country willing to host the President of the "elusive" is accused of committing serious violations of human rights throughout the entire year of internal conflict.
She added that the grant of the United States for political asylum on behalf of or appearing as the handling of preferential treatment, and management has been calling for peaceful change and democratic, will find no welcome from the Yemeni political forces that will participate in the governments to come, as it would anger the people in Arab countries who are struggling to get rid of corrupt rulers in power.
And tries to Brennan and other officials to find ways to keep the benefit of Yemen as soon as possible so that the political elite of Yemen to return to action against terrorism instead of fighting each other.
The al-Qaeda in Yemen is located seized last week on the city Radaa, about 160 km south of Sanaa. Without an end to the power vacuum in Yemen, U.S. officials fear that can Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to obtain financial contributions and success in recruiting young people which increases the risk of a new global attack by al-Qaeda.

 Referred to as the transfer of power under an agreement brokered by the Gulf States with the support of the United States and the United Nations will step down in favor of the elections will be held to choose his successor next month. Based his work and his deputy, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a senior is the only candidate for that election.

Discussion of immunityThe immunity from prosecution in favor of a key item in the agreement is scheduled to discuss the Yemeni parliament a draft law immunity on Saturday.
 The supporters of the revolution had gathered in more than thirty square in the governorates of Yemen on Fri motto "the rebels continue to journey with determination," to denounce the law granting immunity for the benefit of his aides.
Congregants chanted slogans against the favor of granting immunity from prosecution and demanded that he and his associates and vowed to continue the peaceful struggle.
The assigned Kerman Yemen winning the Nobel Peace Prize, said in an interview after her return to her country last Thursday that he must be prevented and the benefit of his inner circle of power to forever even have a chance to restore the stability of the country.
She explained that this immunity is expected to grant the interim government for the benefit of his men to assist in removing him from power should be accompanied by preventing them from holding official positions.


Source: Agencies

Of the "occupied the Wall Street" targeting America's courts

Demonstration of the "occupied the Wall Street" in New York in September / September last (French - Archive)

U.S. activists organized a protest campaign in various parts of the country under the name "occupied the courts", which they demonstrated in front of over a hundred building of the U.S. Courts.
The campaign to protest the decision of the Supreme Court - two years ago - to give companies the right of political participation as the representative of a group of individuals, and as a financial contribution in the election of the right kind of expression.
It is reported that the protesters have targeted about 150 of the role of the judiciary.
In San Francisco under dozens of protesters themselves on Friday in the doors of the Bank, "and Wells Fargo."
And have been targeted by protesters disrupt city's financial district within the so-called movement "Wall Street in the occupation of the West", and included their 22 branches a bank, and other offices specialized in the financial industry.
ArrestsPolice arrested 11 protesters who tied themselves to the rear entrance to the headquarters of the "Wells Fargo" on charges of trespassing, but allowed the other protesters to stay enrolled in other sections of the building.
The police chief of San Francisco Richard Korea "This is a peaceful movement step, several banks have taken steps to mitigate their effects", such as the reporting of many of its employees to work from their homes.
On the other hand, prevented the barriers set up by the security forces, security guards and other protesters are targeting the other buildings in the city's financial district of the bridge entrance.
It is noteworthy that this movement in the United States coincides with the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in 2010 not to the eligibility of the government's restrictions on political speech, and spending by companies, trade unions and other non-governmental entities, allowing the political action committees to appear and the expenditure of large sums of money in campaigns, to form what is known as the "political action committees outstanding."

Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies

One hundred thousand refugees to Yemen last year

Refugees share their miserable Yemeni (Al-Jazeera - Archive)

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations that, despite the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, has moved to in 2011, more than 103 thousands of immigrants and asylum-seekers from the Horn of Africa, across the Gulf of Aden in a perilous journey, an increase of 100% in 2010 .
He said UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said that last year saw an increase of 100% for the year 2010 when an overwhelming 53 thousand people ride the same across the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea for refuge to Yemen, and added that the largest number had been registered in 2009 when he fled 78 thousand people from the Horn of of Africa to Yemen.
According to Edwards that they face challenges and many dangers during their journey from leaving home until their arrival in Yemen, including exposure to sexual violence and trafficking, as well as lack of access to basic services, such as shelter, water, food and health care upon their arrival in Yemen.
Commission data show high numbers of recent refugees from Ethiopia, where the three of every four immigrants, a major shift, where most of the refugees from Somalia.

And give Somalis coming to Yemen refugee status upon arrival, ensuring their access to documents and enables them to freedom of movement.

UNHCR expressed its grave concern about the incident that occurred early this week, killing three Ethiopians by the smugglers on the coast of Yemen, overlooking the Red Sea.

According to initial reports the three were killed after they were shot while trying to escape from the smugglers who tried to extort money.

The UNHCR noted the emergence of a new trend raises the concern, which is that refugees and migrants to physical violence at the hands of smugglers, whether at sea or on land.

She stressed that this is due to the instability and the low number of police in Yemen, which gives space for the movement of smugglers, as insecurity hampers access for aid organizations working in the new refugees, by the smugglers.

Source: UPI

In China, dogs barking, and debate continues

Ezzat Shahrour - Beijing
It is the right dog in China to assess the weddings and nights and barking even divulge Hanagerha, has been rescued over 1100 dogs in the city of Chongqing in southwest China. Was on its way to be rich dishes on the table Chinese restaurants in the midst of festivities celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year, which coincides with the "Year of the Dragon."
Dogs were on board the truck taking her to a slaughterhouse in the city, where they were stopped and the liberalization of dogs which, collecting in one pig farms abandoned, which rushed some of the organizations and activists in the protection of animals for hire on a temporary basis, so that the health authorities to ensure authenticity and integrity before transfer to private shelters to take care of them.
The Chinese cities have passed laws prohibiting the sale of local meat to dogs and cats in restaurants. But this procedure has not yet reached the degree of adoption of the central government of the country.
As was the local authorities in the city in the province of Genjua Ji Jiang East China has issued a decision several months before the abolition of the "Holiday slaughter dogs."
According to local media reported that nearly ten thousand dogs were slaughtered annually in this festival city Genjua. And that most of these dogs are usually stolen or stray dogs.
The decisions and actions have raised new pleases the dog lovers and animal welfare groups who had presented a petition to the organizing committee for the gala and local authorities in the city to cancel the holiday as an uncivilized act. Following the dissemination and exchange of images on the Internet and social networking sites clearly show the violent methods that are slaughtered by the dogs and deal with it during the holiday.
But this satisfaction is still fraught with suspicion and caution. Jang Ji - one of the members of that association - said the island, "The decision to cancel the festival does not mean the right to stop the ongoing massacres dogs," and that it needs to be strict laws and punish the perpetrators. The activist added, "We usually do collect money from the activists to buy these dogs and collected in the shelters, and distributed later to the vows of her upbringing and care for them."
But the decision to cancel the holiday and the decision to ban restaurants to provide meals for the dog meat controversy and provoked widespread controversy on the pages of the Web. Was considered by some as an abandonment of part of the Chinese traditions and customs continued over time. While others wondered why the humane organizations insist on the abolition of dog meat as pets. Eat and ignore the meat of other animals such as sheep, cows and rabbits, the most familiar of dogs according to their opinion. And confirms the benefits of dog meat eaters, they believe it warms in the winter and lead to increased sweating in the summer.
It is noteworthy that the slaughter of dogs rejoicing is a local tradition has nothing to do with the story of the massacres and slaughter of dogs ordered by the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim, as he tells it. Nothing to do with as well as the slaughter of dogs in the story of Autumn of the Patriarch of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The story goes back more than 600 years during the reign of the Ming Dynasty military commander when he tried to storm the city under cover of darkness Genjua Vvdha many barking dogs in the city, which led to the awakening of the people and defeat the aggressors. Commander of the attacker forced to reorganize the remnants of his forces launched the battle started massacre included dogs that enter the city before opening.Vkavoh emperor feast where the delicious meat of dogs, and since then it has become a tradition Genjua greet people every year.
The acquisition fever pets like dogs and cats in China has become fashionable and turned into big business. The percentage of acquisition during the last ten years to 5%, and is about 8% of households in Chinese cities acquire dogs and cats. Or approximately one hundred million people. And became a thriving industry where restaurants and parks spread and galleries pet dogs. The value of the Chinese spend on their dogs and their pets each year by about $ 62 billion.
And try some humane organizations Parliament urged China to adopt and pass laws to protect animals. But has not yet been able to succeed at the level of China only in passing the law, "one dog" adopted by the municipality of Beijing in 2006 and allows each family to the acquisition of one dog only.

Source: Al Jazeera